Reviews

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

cierailana's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

ely1996's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

aimee_shmee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

aspynjaye's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

This novel has a very strong concept of what it wants to be, but sorely lacks in the execution. The writing is pleasant line-to-line, but hollow and one-dimensional page-to-page or chapter-to-chapter; villains are cartoonishly evil and the protagonists are in love because we're told they are. The most interesting POV was introduced half way through, and the attempts at wrangling ideas of gender are heavy handed and clumsy. A fine read, but not a good one.

verovivaldi9's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

breezyruizy's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

inkpaws's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

jcsie's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

i was gonna rate this higher bc i really love this worldbuilding and the writing style was a really pleasant surprise, but i really dont like this ending.

unfortunately i didnt enjoy that the main romantic couple spent like half of this book apart from each other and got together too soon for my taste, so it wasnt really believable to me they were that comitted to eachother

kinghungry's review

4.0

pirate fantasy is always fun 

themes in this book include main heroine who has to pretend to be a man, pirates, struggles against imperial occupation, more pirates, mermaids!!, witches, and magic. a fun read

apparently this is a two-book series but I thought this book was great as a stand-alone, so won’t be reading book 2

rebeccasfantasyworld's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5